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Linked surveillance and genetic data uncovers programmatically relevant geographic scale of Guinea worm transmission in Chad
BACKGROUND: Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) was detected in Chad in 2010 after a supposed ten-year absence, posing a challenge to the global eradication effort. Initiation of a village-based surveillance system in 2012 revealed a substantial number of dogs infected with Guinea worm, raising que...
Autores principales: | Ribado, Jessica V., Li, Nancy J., Thiele, Elizabeth, Lyons, Hil, Cotton, James A., Weiss, Adam, Tchindebet Ouakou, Philippe, Moundai, Tchonfienet, Zirimwabagabo, Hubert, Guagliardo, Sarah Anne J., Chabot-Couture, Guillaume, Proctor, Joshua L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8341693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34310598 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009609 |
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